Czech press survey - October 26

Let us hope that at least constitutional experts of the parties realise that it is not enough to think about making article 63 of the constitution, section "b" that speaks about the negotiating and ratification of international treaties more precise, Jelinek writes.

He says the whole part of the constitution that speaks about the president of the republic requires to be strictly revised in order to prevent Klaus and his successors from being too activistic.

U.S. President Barack Obama will now want European allies to financially contribute to a new missile-defence system, but he can hardly may want a more substantial contribution if he makes it clear to the European that they are not equal partners for him, Martin Ehl writes about Hospodarske noviny.

He is commenting on U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to central and east Europe, including the Czech Republic, last week.

Ehl writes that Obama wants to be more accommodating towards Russia. That is why Bidden mentioned the country in Poland and the Czech Republic only in two interviews he gave to newspapers via e-mail.

When the Czech Republic has again a strong government with a clear mandate, the government should better look around when deciding with whom and what kind of alliance it should conclude meaning democratic states only, of course, Ehl writes.

Marek Mora, deputy minister for European affairs, who has been mentioned recently as the Czech government's candidate for the post of EU commissioner, has a good reputation in the circles concerned and he might be a better candidate than the candidates of particular political parties, Martin Zverina writes in Lidove noviny.

The problem, however, is that the public does not know him at all, Zveria writes.

Leaders of political parties would have to explain many things to people because they claimed until recently that the commissioner must be "heavy weight," that is a politician, Zverina writes.

The fact alone that Mora is being speculated about shows how much disunited the political representation is and that clerks take over rule in a state in which politicians are unable to reach consensus, Zverina writes.

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